Series Introduction
The Merchant of Venice Timeline, by S. Hatchuel (University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France) and N. Vienne-Guerrin (University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France)
Introduction: The Merchant of Venice: the unruly play, by S. Hatchuel and N. Vienne-Guerrin
The Critical Backstory, by John Drakakis (University of Sterling, UK)
Performance History, by Jay Halio (University of Delaware, USA)
The State of the Art, by Shaul Bassi (Università Ca'Foscari Venezia, Italy)
New Directions:
New Direction 1: "Affections dark as Erebus" - religion, gender, and the passions in The Merchant of Venice, by Sabine Schülting (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
New Direction 2: "The moon shines bright": re-viewing the Belmont mythological tapestry in Act 5 of The Merchant of Venice, by Janice Valls-Russell (CNRS, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France)
New Direction 3: "That ugly treason of mistrust": rhetoric of credit and the credit of rhetoric in The Merchant of Venice, by Gary Watt (University of Warwick, UK)
New Direction 4: Screening The Merchant of Venice, by Douglas M. Lanier (University of New Hampshire, USA)
Learning and teaching Resources, by Lieke Stelling (University of Utrecht, Netherlands)
Notes on Contributors
Index